{"id":39361,"date":"2023-01-02T05:45:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T10:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=39361"},"modified":"2023-01-02T05:45:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T10:45:44","slug":"bmw-group-classic-e23-7-series-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=39361","title":{"rendered":"BMW Group Classic Gives Video Tour Of Pristine 7 Series E23 From 1983"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2023\/01\/02\/bmw-group-classic-e23-7-series-video\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photomain-article\"> <noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-BMW-745i-E23-1-scaled-e1588842450775.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"The BMW 745i E23 1 scaled e1588842450775\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image of The BMW 745i E23 1 scaled e1588842450775\"\/><\/noscript><img width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-BMW-745i-E23-1-scaled-e1588842450775.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"The BMW 745i E23 1 scaled e1588842450775\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image of The BMW 745i E23 1 scaled e1588842450775\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\" itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"60.123469930814\">\n<p>When it comes to classy BMWs, many would argue it doesn\u2019t get much better than the original 7 Series. Sold between 1977 and 1986, the E23 had a couple of things in common with the current 7er by being offered with only one wheelbase length and no V12. That\u2019s where the similarities pretty much end as the first-gen luxury sedan originates from an era when cars were nowhere near as technologically advanced as today.<\/p>\n<p>The car in question was manufactured in 1983, meaning it has the Life Cycle Impulse introduced that year. Although the 745i badge suggests it has a 4.5-liter engine, that\u2019s not the case as it uses a smaller 3.2-liter unit with 252 hp. Being a turbocharged engine, BMW did the math and concluded that forced induction made it about as powerful as a naturally aspirated 4.5-liter mill. This theoretical assumption was based on the fact turbo engines had roughly 1.4 times more power than their NA counterparts.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-369611\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Door-handles-E23-7-Series-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"Door handles E23 7 Series 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Door-handles-E23-7-Series-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Door-handles-E23-7-Series-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Door-handles-E23-7-Series-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Door-handles-E23-7-Series-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Door-handles-E23-7-Series-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Door-handles-E23-7-Series.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of Door handles E23 7 Series 830x553\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-369611\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Door-handles-E23-7-Series-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"Door handles E23 7 Series 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Door-handles-E23-7-Series-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Door-handles-E23-7-Series-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Door-handles-E23-7-Series-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Door-handles-E23-7-Series-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Door-handles-E23-7-Series-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Door-handles-E23-7-Series.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of Door handles E23 7 Series 830x553\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Being a car that belongs to BMW, it goes without saying this E23 with an automatic transmission remains in immaculate condition some 40 years after it left the assembly line. We\u2019ve seen it before in press shots and it doesn\u2019t come as a big surprise the luxobarge remains a time capsule. Painted in Arctic Blue Metallic with a Pacific velour interior, the 7 Series looks as good as new and has fewer than 5,300 kilometers (nearly 3,300 miles) on the clock.<\/p>\n<p>BMW Group Classic temporarily removed the first-gen 7er from storage to take it for a spin on a rainy day on the streets of Munich. The subtle design with just the right amount of chrome accents along with a plethora of buttons on the inside remind us of how much cars have changed since the 1980s. Another discrepancy is the car\u2019s size since the E23 was just about as long as the outgoing 5 Series whereas the latest 7 Series is nearly 5.4 meters long.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iTl-tiXhjBg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BMW Group Classic \/ YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inside BMW Group Classic \u2014 On the road, and under the hood, with the BMW 7 Series.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iTl-tiXhjBg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to classy BMWs, many would argue it doesn\u2019t get much better than the original 7 Series. Sold between 1977 and 1986, the E23 had a couple of things in common with the current 7er by being offered with only one wheelbase length and no V12. That\u2019s where the similarities pretty much end [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":39362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}